Exploring a MASSIVE Abandoned Cruise Ship | Everything Left Behind 

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Someone is obviously maintaining the generator as the fuel filter was last changed in August 2023 at 662 hours. When you showed the control panel for it, the hours had gone up again to 667 so it had obviously ran for 5 hours between August 2023 and present day

Apparently Blue Horizon Casino Cruises stopped operating in 2016, because of a new Florida gambling agreement, which meant that land-based casinos were finally able to offer craps and roulette. This was something that only ships like Blue Horizon could do before that agreement.

I hope you're not doing this by yourself. Especially descending down into the engine room. Could you imagine taking a misstep and hurting yourself? Definitely wouldn't wanna do that on you own if you get into trouble

Amazing how fast a ship can degrade in just 8 years. Looks like a haunted afterlife for gamblers.

Management said the casino boat couldn't compete with new gambling rules in Florida that make more games available on land. The changes would allow land-based casinos to offer craps and roulette, something that was only previously allowed on Casino Ships. They spent $9 million fixing the boat when it was docked, plus another $1 million for employee salaries. The reviews are pretty horrible about the cruise experience when it was operational. The food in particular was reported as being terrible.

13:53 they must be maintaining the engine because the fuel filter has August 18 of 2023 and 662.5 hours on it. The oil filters have January 2, 2017 with 359 hours on it.

New engines and nowhere to go the ships operators took a gamble themselves !

Great find! The cruise casino looks dated back in the 70's. Be safe on these adventures.

18:34 that’s the fuel distribution system you can tell by the red pipe that is connected into it. The engine you showed before was not the main power engine that drives a ship. That was the generator. There’s two other engines down below that are brand new.

Oh wow! Such nostalgia😊 this boat started its life as a casino boat for suncruz casino😊 it was called "the swath" the boat was designated "suncruz VII" and stationed in Jacksonville, florida..I went on this boat so many times..suncruz has purple walls which is why you see some purple on this boat😊 they used tokens back then..I took a $1 token as a souvenir😊👍 I seen other casino boats that I went on were sent to boat graveyard too unfortunately..just so sad..I see other possible old casino boats I been on near the swath..suncruz had 8 boats total running back in 90s

Would've liked to see that Detroit Diesel fire up and the whole ship come to life, but then everybody would know someone's in that ship and probably call the cops.

“Let’s go at night time” next scene it’s daytime?!

Musta been dudes first time on casino boat and casino. Called playing chips “craps” and called poker tables “craps tables”. It shut down due to the fact Fla lifted restrictions on land base casinos

Sailing casino boats are expensive to operate and can't compete with a land-based casino.

You BIG sweetheart, thank you for having a beautiful soul...we love plants as well

Out of all the abandoned stuff out there. Abandoned ships are my number 1 thing! That was really kool.

I rebuilt the Starboard main engine on that ship in May 2014 when it was operating out of the port of Palm Beach and it was named Island Breaze. My Freind was captain on the vessel for 2 years. Then the company who leased the ship went bankrupt. It was a dry lease charter so it went back to NURMI who owned the vessel. Then the vessel was released to a new venture. The port engine then failed shortly after. That is why the sailing was delayed. Then 2 new MTU 4000 series engines were installed in Jacksonville. The boat returned to Palm Beach and then that venture went bankrupt shortly after.

It looks like they’re maintaining the power systems, though that oil filter has a recent date on it. Definitely not from eight years ago. Somebody is still trying to keep that thing mechanically in decent shape.

Imagine being stuck on this thing for 5 hours with nothing left to gamble and feeling seasick. No wonder it didn't last. There's nothing to do, and nowhere to go once you get bored. The reviews are terrible. Not enough gambling addicts that want to be at sea to keep this thing afloat.

Ok so 3-2 odds means if you bet $20 you will win $30 or $2 wins $3. Those gold things with plexiglass are the covers they put over the chips on the table when it’s closed / not in use. When playing roulette, the wheel spins counterclockwise then you spin the ball clockwise. Those buttons on the slot machine is for the player to punch in their PIN number on their player’s card.

They proly sucked a fortune or two out of the economy with this thing. You could make it a charter boat and build it out like a yacht or hotel

Those discs are chips with different values. Craps is a dice game.

I’m surprised they couldn’t sell that equipment. Suspicious.

I worked in it when the boat was new

I would love to turn one into a home

Those IGT machines are worth 500-1000 each now

Wow we could turn that into Condos ,, what Con !!!! 😁

Love how you call the gaming chips craps 😂😂😂😂 boy you really have never been to casino brother lol! That’s not a bad thing tho!

A slot machine that takes a credit card is a very dangerous idea. Those don't exist my friend!!

Someone has to be paying for that to sit there. Why not scrap it at this point.

Blue horizon and Island Breeze were sister ships. They both operated in Florida and are now closed. Although Island Breeze was still open in 2022.

Some people really got nothing better to do after watching a guy have fun exploring a boat than to hate on his lack of gambling knowledge

Going on that boat is called "riding the short bus" of cruise ships.

Me and my boyfriend went on this casino boat for his birthday

The only thing I gambled,was Cash 3 lottery.. and won $300.00 on first try. In the convenience store buying a snack.. and the clerk was nice and persistent 😂 why not, $1.00. won. I was 17, I'm 54😂. The only thing I gamble is inflation 😞 and food prices 😂❤

The 12V92 is one of the 3 gen sets on board. There is one on the port and the other on the starboard side. The boat has been laid up since 2016. All of those tables, galley equipment and slot machines were brand new when the ship was laid up due to 2nd bankruptcy.

It was such a pleasure to watch this great explore. Thanks! ❤

@25:43 that gadget is a UPS (uninterruptible power supply). It supplies AC power when the regular AC power goes out on the ship. Inside there's an inverter which makes AC power from batteries as well as a battery or batteries.

Thanks for posting this! It's amazing to see all that "hidden" stuff! Such a shame that all those slots are left to rot... They should have sold them! and at 25:28 - Yes, that was the network / server room. Those are probably all the communications for all the casino slots, games etc. It looks like the servers themselves are gone though.

Cool shots, but wow this guy is a huge nerd. Referring to casino chips as “craps” is pretty hilarious though. And I love his enthusiasm.

This content was very interesting exploring a old cruiser ship thanks enjoyed 🛥⛵

That looks like the super ferrys we had in Hawaii that would take people and their vehicles to other islands

You are suppose to take that flight of stairs facing the Steps.For both hand son the rails, Not backward as you did. As you've seen comments that looks to be the generator room. Ours burt like 250m gallons a Day Diesel Fuel.. You never got to the Main engines I'm sure they have them one on the starboard side and the other on the Port side. The design of the twin hull is to make the vessel less rocking going on. In the wheel house the STB/ Port switches are for the pumps that help with the rudder movement if one set go's out they have back up Sort of like the ship that ran into the bridge. Hearing water running was just Odd being down there. Everything seems to be off? Could be a Water line has broken? Bilge water has sat up so long that it has soured. One more thing , Be very careful going into a confined spot like the engine room without checking the Oxygen level first.. You would die if the air was foul. Glad you backed out of there. A good many folks have died going down in these confined spot. One guy go's down passes out the second go's down looking for the first guy it can go deep until some figures out it's deadly. It has happened. Hell you never know if someone isn't dead down there. Seriously if it smelt like dead animal someone could have died down there if they had a way into that area. Who The hell would even know?

Would make a great scuba diving boat

The 3 line IGT one line is the best payback

I sounds like the bread and butter for Blue Horizon was craps and roulette because it was not legal in Florida casinos. But that changed in 2016 making it impossible to compete with land casinos which have more amenities and dont require a reservation... Which is sad because it sounded like this was a good company to work for. They paid their employees for the 3 month lay up in 2015. only to fork out $9 million right before Florida changed the gambling laws. Sucks all around for them. "They announced the casino cruise will stop operating out of the Port of Palm Beach effective Wednesday. Management says the casino boat can't compete with new gambling rules in Florida that make more games available on land. "There are so many places you can gamble on the land, that unless you take a cruise and they have gambling there, a ship that just does gambling isn't going to survive," explained Tica Richardson." Robert Weisberg, with Blue Horizon, said the state of Florida has all but formally agreed to a new gambling deal, which allows land-based casinos to offer craps and roulette. This is something that only ships like Blue Horizon could do before the agreement."

Everytime a new dealer is assigned to the blackjack & poker tables they start with a "fresh" or new deck of cards. Thats why so many boxes of cards. Same with dice.

It is so intriguing look at those weird old slot machines, theyre not like the ones the las vegas youtubers play on their 2nd channels for slots

Did anyone other than myself notice the oil filter on the motor? It was changed back in 2023.. So it hasn't sat idle for that long is my guess.. Or at least, it's had someone working on it..

Would make one heck of a house boat

Chips ! They are CHIPS ! Craps is a dice game. 😊

Hi Rick! Thank you for taking us on the Casino ship! I heard you say you don’t gamble well I do and it’s so much fun, I’m not a high roller or anything but I do love going to the casino. That was so interesting going on that ship! I’m like you I absolutely loved the purple chairs, I’d love to have 4 of them 😂 and the dice that comes wrapped up like that, that’s crazy I’d never have guessed! Have a great day ❤

Since the boat is leaking water under the engine room it needs to be taken out of the water to land wouldn't want it to sink and be really ruined its a great boat to explore for the people who love doing it its bigger than the trailer that me and my wife live in the leak needs to be fixed if it's fixable

The Blue Horizon Casino Cruises in Riviera Beach, Florida permanently closed in 2016 after announcing that it would suspend operations due to new gambling rules in Florida. The rules allowed land-based casinos to offer more games, making it difficult for the casino boat to compete. The company said that the casino day cruise industry in Florida could not compete with the land-based expansion of gaming.

Have you ever noticed there are no clocks to be found and they must use pure oxygen to keep a person from getting sleepy . Great video.

Those Oasis 2 things you saw are to link progressive jackpots. Some slots have a jackpot & they also might be linked to different casinos too. Also they track player card info data

What a freaking waste of money. I'm betting multiple people cry themselves to sleep every night after thinking of what they invested into this ship to just have it left behind 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️☹️☹️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ The fact that they left all the stuff that can be repurposed somewhere else or sold blows my mind. Boxes and boxes of playing cards. All the cash counting machines, all the slot machines, all the electronic equipment. I thought you went there at night? At least you can get a few souvenirs if you want. This is so sad to see, I'm sure there was a lot of fun that was on that ship

It isn't called craps, the coins are called chips. If you listen to them when you drop one it sounds exactly like a real silver dollar. There is a game called craps where you use the dice for.

MANNNN all of those juicy wavebird II cases running cpu nxt-z just sitting there 😞 probably have some great eagle returns, and other ones I miss on those drives. BTW: WMS gaming (Williamson-yes THAT Williamson) is now light and wonder. They now use argOS as an operating system.

To call this massive is fascinating.It seems to be in alot better shape than I was thinking.

Imagine how much money is wasted on this investment 😮they only use it for 8 years and they even pay for three months to the employees without being on the boat 😮

Management said the casino boat can't compete with new gambling rules in Florida that make more games available on land.

Nice job ranger rick. I don’t gamble either, but this was really cool

I went on blue horizon from port Miami 2005

thank you that was amazing to see

I live not to far from this place! Way too cool! Thanks for posting this!

So SAD to see this Ship falling apart Sooooo much money wasted away.

Great explore

Hope they cleared the money out of those machines!

is this vessel located in greencove springs on the saint johns river?

That 12v71 Detroit is so cool super charged and turbocharged.

Amazing the left the slot machines behind, they are expensive, craps is a DICE GAME, chips are used for gambling instead of cash

This is definitely a original place to explore. Dont see thos everyday. Well done!

In the engine room, It shows the engine only has 667 hours!

Abandoned mansions and homes already creep me out, an abandoned ship, plus my megalophobia, ah, maaannnnn.

Well done video Rick! Great content and wonderful narration. Question, where is this being stored?

In the dark. That is like my biggest freaking fear.

The only way this boat would be successful is if it was in a lake or river in a state where gambling is illegal or not legal without being on native land

TaterTots380 was correct in that other land based casinos were opening up too much competition. The Horizon still had one advantage even still. The land based casinos could not offer games like craps and roulette because they were not licensed to have outcome decisions by a ball out dice. Because the Horizon could go into international waters, they could offer these two games.

What’s up Ranger Rick!

Walk the stairs with your body the other way, like the ladder...

I’m more interested of the condition of the former Yorktown Clipper aka the largest US Flagged cruise ship that can sail internationally! Forward of this casino boat.

That big ole tub is a money pit. It would cost a fortune to get it back in seaworthy condition. Rick you don’t get out much do you?

All the contents including any working and functional mechanical components should be salvaged and the boat sold for scrap. What a waste

In the unbalebable world…😂 (unbelievable) Pretty sure the motor was a power generator. That PC tower was an air conditioner. Everything you called craps, were poker chips or just chips. The Captains deck, is called the Bridge, with the helm station. Don’t know why this was recommended, but thanks for the giggles.

The thing about slot machines is they have to buy new ones all the time those in the ship would prob be outdated thats why they didnt worry about them

Nice video. I guess it’s a good think he is not a gambler… that part is clear

That "engine room" was a generator room a 16v92 detroit powering it

Absolutely love abandoned content.I want someone to do Ardagh in Salem nj

How sad. It could be made into affordable housing ! We are so wasteful !

At 12:40 I was waiting on an alien to run by. Lmao

I Love your videos! Thank you for taking us along on the journey! Keep up the great work.

Not a cruise ship. It's a casino boat

CHIPS not craps.... craps I think is a game. Chips is the "money" u gamble with

I was a engineer on her when sun cruz owned her the sun cruz 6 she was built in the early 2000s she was beautiful and ran great its sad to see her like that

Captain’s decks are sometimes called the bridge. SMH.

I’ll lay a bet……. I bet he stole that unopened package of dice.

This ship needs to be beached at Alang asap.

Well dang. That looked like a good time.